beet

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

Verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To improve; to mend.
2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To kindle a fire.
3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To rouse.

Sinónimos

beetroot

red beet

common beet

Beta vulgaris

garden beet

vegetable

sugarbeet

table beet

beetroot

bulbous plant

root

sugar beet

turnip

Traducións

barbabietola

betterave

Rübe

remolacha

beterraba

biet

kroot

beetwortel

remolatxa

mangelwortel

κοκκινογούλι

παντζάρι

rote Rübe

Bete

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/biːt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: bete

Herdado de Old English: bēte

In summary

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.